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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
10,454 tense movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Alien Hunter
2003 · Action
Bad Boys II
2003 · Action
Jaal: The Trap
2003 · Drama
Swapnam Kondu Thulabharam
2003 · Romance
The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting
2003 · Action
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003 · Action
Qayamat: City Under Threat
2003 · Action
Detention
2003 · Thriller
Whistle
2003 · Thriller
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003 · Action
Swimming Pool
2003 · Drama
Calcutta Mail
2003 · Action
Friday Night
2003 · Drama
Webs
2003 · Thriller
28 Days Later...
2003 · Action
The Rain Children
2003 · Animation
Encrypt
2003
The Hard Word
2003 · Drama
The Nazi Officer's Wife
2003 · History
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
2003 · Crime
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003 · Action
Reversal of Fortune
2003 · Romance
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003 · Action
The Postcard Bandit
2003 · Crime
The Italian Job
2003 · Action
Arcibel’s Game
2003 · Drama
Octane
2003 · Thriller
The Matrix Reloaded
2003 · Action
Haasil
2003 · Romance
Den of Lions
2003 · Crime
The Day Britain Stopped
2003
Saamy
2003 · Action
Student Seduction
2003 · Thriller
Silent Warnings
2003 · Thriller
Black Cadillac
2003 · Horror
The Dancer Upstairs
2003 · Drama
Identity
2003 · Mystery
Confidence
2003 · Thriller
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
2003 · Animation
Crime Spree
2003 · Comedy
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